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It is 131 years today since Dorothy L. Sayers was born.
English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir School, and his wife Helen Leigh Sayers. When Dorothy L. (Leigh) Sayers was four years old, the family moved to Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire where the father was appointed pastor. The parents had cultural and linguistic interests, and regularly travelled with their daughter to...
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![Författarporträtt av Smirnoff, Karin](images/writer/7223/wm_BR_628766ab233da1af717e91e20c41fca9b45303cf80051.jpg)
Smirnoff, Karin
1964 -
Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also w...
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Sapper
1888 - 1937
Pseudonym for Englishman (Herman) Cyril McNeile, who – using the alias Sappar – was one of the best-selling Eng...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Oppenheim, E. Phillips](images/writer/7322/5cf79f056c379edc0b8181a8370b0ff98dae27be105fd.jpg)
Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rosenfeldt, Hans](images/writer/5875/wm_BR_5875_20160808191152_Large.jpg)
Rosenfeldt, Hans
1964 -
Hans Gerhard Magnus Rosenfeldt is a Swedish author and actor. He is also one of the screenwriters behind the international...
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